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His wrath) didn't need to change—our attitudes needed to change TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades In-fightingIn-fighting withinwithin thethe ChurchChurch continuedcontinued 1115±1115± PeterPeter AbélardAbélard wrotewrote hishis firstfirst bookbook AA studentstudent whowho waswas giftedgifted inin Anselm'sAnselm's dialecticaldialectical “scholasticism,”“scholasticism,” AbélardAbélard taughttaught atat Paris'Paris' NotreNotre DameDame cathedralcathedral schoolschool In particular, Abélard taught against Anselm's penal substitutionary atonement and for Augustine's “moral influence” theory of the atonement Jesus did not die on the cross to take our punishment onto Himself or to appease the wrath of an angry God—that would make God out to be wrathful instead of loving Instead, Jesus died to infuse our lives with His holy blood and righteousness Christ's death was therefore not a payment to either God or Satan, but rather a call for holy livingliving forfor humanity—thehumanity—the perfectperfect exampleexample ofof the ultimate act of obedience to God TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— ThisThis pointpoint inin thethe MiddleMiddle AgesAges isis obviouslyobviously bigbig onon figuringfiguring outout thethe atonement,atonement, soso let'slet's re-cap:re-cap: RansomRansom TheoryTheory ofof thethe AtonementAtonement Jesus died as a ransom to Satan, since the Devil owned us because of our original sin (NOTE: This was a “trick” by God, since Satan didn't realize that Christ's sacrifice would allow Him to break the power of sin and death) (NOTE2: A derivation off of this theory became known as the “Christus Victor” theory, since it emphasized that Jesus' ransom then defeated the power of Satan and sin on the Earth) TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— ThisThis pointpoint inin thethe MiddleMiddle AgesAges isis obviouslyobviously bigbig onon figuringfiguring outout thethe atonement,atonement, soso let'slet's re-cap:re-cap: RansomRansom TheoryTheory ofof thethe AtonementAtonement Jesus died as a ransom to Satan, since the Devil owned us because of our original sin (NOTE: This was a “trick” by God, since Satan didn't realize that Christ's sacrifice would allow Him to break the power of sin and death) PenalPenal (“Substitutionary”)(“Substitutionary”) TheoryTheory ofof thethe AtonementAtonement Jesus died in our place to take the penalty for our sins onto Himself (NOTE: This theory was promoted early on, but then mostly abandoned, post-Augustine— though it became the most popular Protestant theory, post-Reformation) MoralMoral InfluenceInfluence TheoryTheory ofof thethe AtonementAtonement Jesus died as a martyr, showing us the perfect example of the importance of living for—and being willing to die for—moral purity in our lives (NOTE: This is the theory of the atonement most favored by the Covenant, though there is no “official” doctrine for the church, per se) TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades FunkyFunky littlelittle teachingteaching moment—moment— ThisThis pointpoint inin thethe MiddleMiddle AgesAges isis obviouslyobviously bigbig onon figuringfiguring outout thethe atonementatonement ModernModern AnglicanAnglican theologiantheologian JohnJohn StottStott arguedargued thatthat itit shouldn'tshouldn't bebe anan “either/or”“either/or” propositionproposition SubstitutionarySubstitutionary AtonementAtonement shouldshould bebe ourour baselinebaseline Jesus certainly died in our place to take the penalty for our sins onto Himself And yet, Jesus did conquer Satan and sin at the cross (i.e.; “Christus Victor”) And yet, Jesus also did die as an example of how we should be living holy lives, infusing us with His righteousness through His blood (i.e.; “Moral Influence”) Some people have (rightly) argued that Stott may have been trying too hard to make everyone happy, but I really do think that he had a good point As Einstein observed, “Everything should be made as simple as possible... but not moreso...” TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades In-fightingIn-fighting withinwithin thethe ChurchChurch continuedcontinued 1115±1115± PeterPeter AbélardAbélard wrotewrote hishis firstfirst bookbook AA studentstudent whowho waswas giftedgifted inin Anselm'sAnselm's dialecticaldialectical “scholasticism,”“scholasticism,” AbélardAbélard taughttaught atat Paris'Paris' NotreNotre DameDame cathedralcathedral schoolschool AbélardAbélard isis alsoalso famousfamous asas aa romanticromantic While in Paris, he fell in love and had an affair with the beautiful Héloïse Her uncle, Fulbert, opposed her having an affair with a clergyman, but they kept up their romance in secret Once she became pregnant, Abélard offered to marry her (secretly, because he was still a clergyman, and wives were against the rules) Once Fulbert discovered this and publicly outed them, Abélard shipped Héloïse off to a convent to have the child and live as a nun (which she didn't want to do) Fulbert, furious at Abélard's treatment of his niece, hired men to break into Abélard's apartments and castrate him At this point, Abélard chose to give up on sex and just become a monk... (so much for Christ's moral influence...) TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades In-fightingIn-fighting withinwithin thethe ChurchChurch continuedcontinued 1115±1115± PeterPeter AbélardAbélard wrotewrote hishis firstfirst bookbook 11231123 TheThe FirstFirst LateranLateran CouncilCouncil waswas heldheld ItIt waswas convenedconvened byby thethe newnew PopePope CallixtusCallixtus IIII afterafter hehe hadhad finallyfinally settlesettle thethe questionquestion ofof investitureinvestiture withwith EmperorEmperor HeinrichHeinrich VV atat thethe ConcordatConcordat ofof WormsWorms (in(in Germany)Germany) inin 1121—1121— (NOTE: Heinrich had taken Pope Paschal II prisoner and tried to seize Papal lands in a bid to put in his own antipope, but his princes refused their support, and his own, local archbishop excommunicated him, so he was forced to apologize and “make nice” with Rome—specifically, Paschal's successor, Callixtus) TheThe AgeAge ofof CrusadesCrusades In-fightingIn-fighting withinwithin thethe ChurchChurch continuedcontinued 1115±1115± PeterPeter AbélardAbélard wrotewrote hishis firstfirst bookbook 11231123 TheThe FirstFirst LateranLateran CouncilCouncil waswas heldheld ItIt waswas convenedconvened byby thethe newnew PopePope CallixtusCallixtus IIII afterafter hehe hadhad finallyfinally settlesettle thethe questionquestion ofof investitureinvestiture withwith EmperorEmperor HeinrichHeinrich VV atat thethe ConcordatConcordat ofof WormsWorms (in(in Germany)Germany) inin 1121—1121— It was decided that the Emperor, as a layman, could not invest bishops with ecclesiastical power or authority So the Church could invest a bishop with his shepherd's staff and episcopal ring
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